Risk Register Job Trends

Risk Register
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Risk Register skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 538 542 601
Rank change year-on-year +4 +59 +172
Permanent jobs citing Risk Register 100 165 100
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.17% 0.29% 0.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.20% 0.33% 0.22%
Number of salaries quoted 56 83 84
10th Percentile £43,348 £27,000 £45,692
25th Percentile £44,972 £32,500 £49,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,250 £55,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.45% -12.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £69,402 £67,500 £75,938
90th Percentile £90,000 £83,750 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £51,961 £60,000
% change year-on-year +5.85% -13.40% +33.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Risk Register falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 48,923 50,285 45,331
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 82.61% 89.72% 93.38%
Number of salaries quoted 28,723 25,244 34,703
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £32,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -3.23%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £49,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -10.91% +4.76% -2.78%

Risk Register
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Risk Register relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Risk Register job vacancy trend in the UK

Risk Register
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Risk Register.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Risk Register

Risk Register
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Risk Register over the 6 months to 23 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Risk Register in the UK

Risk Register
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Risk Register within the UK over the 6 months to 23 December 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +21 91 £55,000 - 195
London +40 46 £80,000 +28.00% 43
UK excluding London -7 45 £55,000 +5.85% 180
Work from Home +24 42 £45,497 +3.40% 114
South East +15 16 £60,000 +122.22% 42
North of England +2 14 £50,000 -11.11% 35
North West +36 11 £50,000 -13.04% 17
Midlands +14 7 £45,390 +0.03% 30
West Midlands +24 4 £50,000 +37.93% 15
East of England +18 3 £67,500 +73.08% 27
East Midlands -5 3 £45,390 -21.06% 12
South West +2 2 - - 25
Scotland 0 2 £70,000 +39.17% 8
Yorkshire -25 2 £55,500 -1.33% 17
Wales 0 1 £74,000 - 6
North East - 1 £45,497 - 1

Risk Register
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 5 (5.00%) Confluence
2 2 (2.00%) CMS
3 1 (1.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (3.00%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.00%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (1.00%) Abaqus
3 1 (1.00%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.00%) Siemens NX
3 1 (1.00%) Trello
3 1 (1.00%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 4 (4.00%) Dynamics CRM
1 4 (4.00%) Dynamics GP
2 1 (1.00%) DELMIA
2 1 (1.00%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 14 (14.00%) Azure
2 10 (10.00%) Microsoft 365
3 7 (7.00%) Dynamics 365
4 4 (4.00%) Power Platform
4 4 (4.00%) PowerApps
5 3 (3.00%) Entra ID
5 3 (3.00%) Microsoft Purview
5 3 (3.00%) SaaS
6 2 (2.00%) AWS
6 2 (2.00%) Azure Sentinel
7 1 (1.00%) Amazon EKS
7 1 (1.00%) Amazon GuardDuty
7 1 (1.00%) AWS Control Tower
7 1 (1.00%) Azure AKS
7 1 (1.00%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 1 (1.00%) Google Workspace
7 1 (1.00%) IaaS
7 1 (1.00%) OCI
7 1 (1.00%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 21 (21.00%) Firewall
2 10 (10.00%) Intrusion Detection
3 9 (9.00%) Network Security
4 3 (3.00%) DMZ
4 3 (3.00%) Modbus
5 1 (1.00%) DHCP
5 1 (1.00%) DNS
5 1 (1.00%) LAN
5 1 (1.00%) NAS
5 1 (1.00%) SAN
5 1 (1.00%) Unified Communications
5 1 (1.00%) VLAN
5 1 (1.00%) VPN
5 1 (1.00%) WAN
5 1 (1.00%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (4.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 4 (4.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (1.00%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (1.00%) DTS
Development Applications
1 7 (7.00%) JIRA
2 1 (1.00%) Burp Suite
General
1 48 (48.00%) Social Skills
2 40 (40.00%) Finance
3 18 (18.00%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (13.00%) Public Sector
5 10 (10.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 8 (8.00%) Banking
6 8 (8.00%) Organisational Skills
7 7 (7.00%) Documentation Skills
8 5 (5.00%) Legal
9 4 (4.00%) Financial Institution
9 4 (4.00%) Law
9 4 (4.00%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (3.00%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (2.00%) Aerospace
11 2 (2.00%) Marketing
12 1 (1.00%) Investment Banking
12 1 (1.00%) Manufacturing
12 1 (1.00%) Military
12 1 (1.00%) Public Speaking
12 1 (1.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 21 (21.00%) Analyst
2 16 (16.00%) IT Manager
3 11 (11.00%) Lead
3 11 (11.00%) Project Manager
3 11 (11.00%) Security Specialist
4 10 (10.00%) Risk Analyst
4 10 (10.00%) Senior
5 9 (9.00%) Information Analyst
5 9 (9.00%) Service Manager
6 8 (8.00%) IT Analyst
6 8 (8.00%) IT Services Manager
6 8 (8.00%) Security Analyst
6 8 (8.00%) Security Manager
7 7 (7.00%) Senior Manager
8 5 (5.00%) Compliance Manager
8 5 (5.00%) Infrastructure Manager
8 5 (5.00%) Risk Manager
8 5 (5.00%) Security Engineer
8 5 (5.00%) Senior IT Manager
8 5 (5.00%) Senior Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.00%) OAuth
1 1 (1.00%) SAP CAF
Miscellaneous
1 22 (22.00%) Management Information System
2 13 (13.00%) Security Posture
3 9 (9.00%) Taxonomies
4 8 (8.00%) Data Protection Act
4 8 (8.00%) Legacy Systems
5 6 (6.00%) CMDB
5 6 (6.00%) Self-Motivation
6 5 (5.00%) Cyber Threat
6 5 (5.00%) Driving Licence
7 4 (4.00%) Onboarding
7 4 (4.00%) Operational Technology
8 3 (3.00%) SCADA
9 2 (2.00%) Cloud Native
9 2 (2.00%) NHS
9 2 (2.00%) Shadow IT
10 1 (1.00%) Cyber Defence
10 1 (1.00%) Industry 4.0
10 1 (1.00%) Manufacturing Execution System
10 1 (1.00%) PMI
10 1 (1.00%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 10 (10.00%) Linux
1 10 (10.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (41.00%) Risk Management
2 39 (39.00%) Information Security
3 32 (32.00%) Cybersecurity
4 31 (31.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 25 (25.00%) Incident Response
6 24 (24.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 23 (23.00%) ITIL
8 21 (21.00%) Problem-Solving
9 20 (20.00%) Incident Management
10 16 (16.00%) Computer Science
10 16 (16.00%) Service Management
11 15 (15.00%) Agile
11 15 (15.00%) Stakeholder Management
12 14 (14.00%) Data Protection
13 12 (12.00%) Project Management
13 12 (12.00%) Vulnerability Management
14 11 (11.00%) Coaching
14 11 (11.00%) Mentoring
14 11 (11.00%) PRINCE2
15 10 (10.00%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 5 (5.00%) SQL
2 1 (1.00%) Kusto Query Language
2 1 (1.00%) PowerShell
2 1 (1.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 32 (32.00%) Degree
2 21 (21.00%) CISM
2 21 (21.00%) CISSP
3 15 (15.00%) CRISC
4 14 (14.00%) Security Cleared
5 12 (12.00%) Master's Degree
5 12 (12.00%) SC Cleared
6 10 (10.00%) CompTIA Security+
7 8 (8.00%) DBS Check
8 6 (6.00%) CISA
8 6 (6.00%) HND
9 5 (5.00%) ITIL Certification
9 5 (5.00%) Network+ Certification
9 5 (5.00%) Postgraduate
10 4 (4.00%) BPSS Clearance
10 4 (4.00%) CCNA
10 4 (4.00%) Cisco Certification
10 4 (4.00%) DV Cleared
10 4 (4.00%) GIAC
10 4 (4.00%) Novell Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (31.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 25 (25.00%) NIST
3 18 (18.00%) GDPR
4 16 (16.00%) Cyber Essentials
4 16 (16.00%) GRC
5 13 (13.00%) SOC 2
6 10 (10.00%) NIST 800
7 9 (9.00%) SOC 1
8 6 (6.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 5 (5.00%) ISO 9001
9 5 (5.00%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 4 (4.00%) PCI DSS
10 4 (4.00%) QA
11 3 (3.00%) ITGC
12 2 (2.00%) Accessibility
12 2 (2.00%) NCSC
13 1 (1.00%) Def Stans
13 1 (1.00%) IASME
13 1 (1.00%) ISO 22301
13 1 (1.00%) NEBOSH
System Software
1 6 (6.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.00%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 10 (10.00%) RSA Archer
2 4 (4.00%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
2 4 (4.00%) CSIRT
3 3 (3.00%) ArcSight ESM
3 3 (3.00%) QRadar
4 1 (1.00%) Cisco CUCM
4 1 (1.00%) Grafana
4 1 (1.00%) Kubernetes
4 1 (1.00%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (1.00%) MOM
4 1 (1.00%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 21 (21.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (4.00%) Sage
2 4 (4.00%) ServiceNow
2 4 (4.00%) SolarWinds
3 3 (3.00%) ArcSight
3 3 (3.00%) LogLogic
3 3 (3.00%) McAfee
3 3 (3.00%) Splunk
4 2 (2.00%) Cisco
4 2 (2.00%) Palo Alto
4 2 (2.00%) Salesforce
5 1 (1.00%) Canon
5 1 (1.00%) Google
5 1 (1.00%) PTC
5 1 (1.00%) SAP
5 1 (1.00%) Siemens
5 1 (1.00%) Tanium
5 1 (1.00%) Tenable
5 1 (1.00%) VMware
5 1 (1.00%) Zscaler